Xang Nakhoune of Bridgeport, Conn. was arrested in a crack cocaine bust in New Haven.

Xang Nakhoune of Bridgeport, Conn. was arrested in a crack cocaine bust in New Haven.

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Kongchanh Leuansithivong, of Bridgeport, Conn., was arrested in New Haven on drug charges.

Kongchanh Leuansithivong, of Bridgeport, Conn., was arrested in New Haven on drug charges.

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Women arrested in crack cocaine sting

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NEW HAVEN -- Two Bridgeport women were caught with more than 56 grams of crack cocaine in a drug sting, police said.

Members of the "Project Safe Neighborhoods" task force -- including New Haven police and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives -- arrested Xang Nakhoune, of Shelton Street, and Kongchanh Leuansithivong, of Middletown Avenue, in the parking lot of Walgreen's Pharmacy on York Street.

Police spokesman Officer David Hartman said undercover officers arranged a meeting to buy drugs from Nakhoune. While officers waited in the parking lot, the 37-year-old Nakhoune and her associate, Leuansithivong, 45, drove there in a Chrysler Pacifica. The women were arrested with $2,600 worth of crack cocaine, police said.

Nakhoune's puppy was in her car at the time of the arrest, and her sister picked it up later at police headquarters.

Hartman said the women each claimed responsibility for different amounts of the recovered drugs and were charged with several drug crimes. Nakhoune was also charged with operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license.